The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-24

JOHN VARHEY and his wife have lived on
Moosehead Lake, Maine, for twenty-five years,
and during that time have together killed over
400 bears unnumbered deer and caribou and
much small game. Mrs. John is as expert
| bear hunter as her husband, and Accompanies
him in all his hunting excursions In June, 1855,
| they killed five bears in one day.
GEORGE CARTER and Ella Crosby went in from
| the country to see the Louisville Exposition.
When they arrived they found that the show
was over. They returi ed to the depot, but
found that their train would not leave in several
hours. Carter proposed that in order to kill
time they should get married so in that way
they killed time until the next train came
along.
WHEN Gen Buckner, now Governor of Ken
tucky. made his last sortie from Fort Donelson,
he was met and repulsed by Col. Thayer, COM
manding the First Nebraska Regiment. The
| two commanding officers never met again until
| they grasped each others hands at the Phiadel-
| pha Centennial Gen. Buckner Governor of
Kentucky, and Gen. ThaYer as Governor OF Ne
braSka.
HORACE ALLEN, of Delaware, o., suffered
much with rheumatism, and decided to try
what outdoor exercise and change of air would
do for him. So he started ont with a wheelbar-
| row laden with small notions, and he has just
arrived in Bennington, Vt, after a journey OF
zoo miles on foot, during which he supported
himself by selling his He is 81 years old,
| and is nephew of Gen. Ethan Allen.
ACCORDING to one of the French chemical
| journals, plant belonging to the lettuce tribe,
technically known as sOdchtts olerGceus, and
| common on the wayside and among dry rubbish
heaps in France, has been found to yield, in fair
proportion, q very good quality of caoutchouc.
To this end the plants are stepped in carbon
| bisulphide, and afterward boiled in alcohol and
caustic potash About 43 per cent. of the
| weight is thus obtained as caoutchouc.
Young COUPLES in Portland, Me-, that have
recently returned from bridal tours are COM
| pairing notes of bad luck One young man was
| detained by the police on suspicion that he
might be a law-breaker for whom they were
| looking. Another was taken into custody in
because he answered the description of
a man who had eloped. The incident spoiled
the journey of the bride, who was thereafter
| seized with nervousness whenever policeman
came in sight.
THOUGH high license has been in existence less
than four months in Minnesota, and in many
places has not yet gone into operation, still
enough of its benefits have been seen to encOur-
age the friends OF the system. Where it is in
force the number of saloons have been reduced
one-third, and the revenue returns have in
creased over fifty per cent. There are now 500
fewer saloons than before high liceuse became
law; and when it is in full force it is said that
there will be 1000 fewer saloons.
Young CHARLIE PARMALEE, of AnsOnia Conn,
| had tremendous scare the other night He
was walking on the railroad track after dark
and caught his foot between plank and a rail
| at crossing. While trying to get free he heard
an approaching train. AS he struggled it came
! nearer and nearer until Just as he made up his
| mind for DEATH the headlight showed him that
| he was on a switch, and not on the main line.
| After the train Numbered by a Waterman re-
| leased him. He was very lame for several days.
PHILADELPHIA has professional sparrow
catcher His name is Joe Johnson and he sup
ports himself by catching the pests and selling
| them for reed birds He hunts his game at
| night and early in the morning, principally on
the side walls of churches and other ivy-clad
| buildings. He covers a large space where the
vines are thickest with a net, and then his as
siStant stirs up the vines with long pole. The
sparrows hutter blindly into the net and Joe
pulls the pickering string. He has captured 120
dozen in single night
In some parts of Germany and Austria. nat
ural pumice stone has been superseded by an
artificial stone, to which a suitable shape can be
given and different degrees Of fneness of grain
obtained, which allows the stone to be used in
all the industries where natural pumce stone
were formerly employed. The ingredients are
white sand feldspar and fire-clay, mixed in
suitable proportions, to obtain the desired COM
position, and the paste is poured into plaster
mouds, being finally placed in fire-clay recep-
tacles and baked in ovens
In making his speech at one Of the county fairs
this fall, Gov Hill told story Of his neighbor.
Mark Twain, of Elmira. 1t appears that Twain
whenever he is honored by the birth of a child
erects water trough in the city upon which the
| name of the child is chiseled. The Governor
was commenting upon this fact and urging his
hearers to follow the good example of Mr. Twain
when some one in the audience exclaimed:
| We'll, Governor, what are you doing for the
water-trough busineSs?" The bachelor Cover
nor could do nothing but blush.
a FARMER near Lewiston, Me-, used a horse to
run his machine for cutting fodder, and was
much annoyed at frequent stoppings Of the
|
was left alone So he watched the steed. who
| as soon as he thought that he was alone, reached
| over the side of the machine, grabbed the brake
with ms teeth, pulled i over; stopped the ma
| chine, and then waited calmly for some one To
| take OIL the brake and start him again. The old
| fellow actually looked sad when the farmer tied
| the brake down, and started him on the tread
| mill again
! The great dragon drawn in a recent Chinese
| procession in San Francisco, by six Cinnamon.
Is described as follows: From point Just under
the mausard roof of the dragons head To with,
three feet OF his tail there is network of eiAn.
trio wires, all communicating with a commit
Gated machine located in close proximity To his
lower Jaw, and out OF sight. One OF the men
who march under it, at a given signal touches
an ebony button, and the electricity causes the
huge Jaws to fly open, disclosing a mouth like a
tunnel, fliled with frightful fangs and darling
tongues of fire.
1T Is SAID that once when the missionaries
iucu III tuc odnuWlcn Islands, one of them
preached sermon adjurng his congregation
that they were in danger of eternal damnation
because they persisted in the disrespert ~
coming 70 church without any hats on their
heads. Besides this, he went on and told them
Just the style Of hat that they ought to wear to
insure ther salvation. Next morning his 1ncl,
going to buy hats after his commands fond
That they could be procured at only one nIacS
Whlch was the store in which the missinnar,, |
was partner. The firm had got a big consign !
ment OF hats the week before the sermon was !
III Is only question Of time, says a Young |
engineer Just from India when Yankee moth. |
obs viii be applied to railway building and 40.
nculture there. Several railway bridges have
already been constructed in that country on |
Ahlerlcah models and there IL a rising SCHOOL 81
the young British Engineers in India which fo
voiS american ideas. The cumbrousness ond |
Inconvenience of English rolling stock and tha |
s sL OF native labor beginning TO make
themselves felt as Instructions 10 the ne
cNihzatlon In spite Of these drawbacks tha
railway mileage has increased from OO0 in 80 |
10 nearly $4,000. The grain elevator Is soon 40 70
De introduced IN India and the immense vyheet
tLrot can tnen be brought into competition with
that OF other countries. '''i0" WIN